Porter Anderson reports from the FutureBook conference in London, where agents are making serious moves. Also: Irelands ebooks, YA inspiration and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Daily will publish its final issue this month after News Corporation bigwigs decided to pull the plug on the original iPad-only newspaper, proving it’s not easy to sell subscriptions to enhanced print-style media to a digital audience. ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon and Schuster UK is to launch a programme of titles in the 'new adult' genre... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Installed at the Monkey’s Paw bookstore in Toronto, the Biblio-Mat offers book lovers a little randomness for their next read. A Toronto bookstore has come up with a creative way to add value to old, discount books that otherwise may clutter its storage: an antique-seeming “book dispenser”... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rupert Murdoch says News Corp. was not convinced the digital publishing experiment would be viable long-term. The firm also announces a sweeping restructuring.Rupert Murdoch has pulled the plug on News Corp.'s high-profile experiment to create a digital national newspaper. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Leading publishing figures stressed the importance of becoming more outward looking and consumer... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Edinburgh University Press, the third largest university press in the U.K., has appointed Oxford University Press as its exclusive agent in North and South America and Canada beginning August 1, 2013. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Agency Curtis Brown has launched a digital self-publishing programme through Kindle Direct... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than 1,000 library staff will lose their jobs in the next 12 months, according to a new... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nacéra Khiat of Algeria's Editions Sedia discusses how training in Casablanca by the Frankfurt Book Fair has brought together disparate publishers from across the Magreb. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers Weekly faces controversy after naming 'Fifty Shades of Grey' author E L James 'Publishing Person of the Year' for 2012. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
German self-publishing platform XinXii, which allows indie authors to sell their titles through mobile ebook shops, has gone live in Russia. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two novels shortlisted for this year's Man Booker will have a chance of winning the Man Asian... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House imprint Square Peg is hosting a Christmas pop-up bookshop, running for two days over... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
British bookshop Foyles and The Bookseller have partnered to help crowdsource ideas for making Foyles's new flagship store fit for the 21st Century. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Printed book sales soared by £8m in the UK last week, as shoppers flocked to the high... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, and Jared Cohen, director of Google Ideas, will address the promises and pitfalls of a digitally connected world in a book titled “The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business,” due out on April 23 from Knopf. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Stephen Page, Faber c.e.o., has been named as the most inspiring digital publishing person at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
News Corporation's The Daily was to have been a vanguard of the future, based on the past -- a tablet-focused newspaper that could get us back to paying subscriptions for our regular news fix. Not enough of us were as enthralled with the retro-future concept, however. While CEO Rupert Murdoch... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The celebrity memoir is rebounding in 2012 after sales within the much-pilloried genre fell 45%... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]